“… The right music and the right sound effects in the right places.”

The above quote just about sums up the usefulness of this new tutorial by Jeff Earley for Digital Juice. Jeff takes a flattened render of a voiceless After Effects promo into Premiere Pro and adds layer after layer of sound and music… in just the right places. He gives tons of great tips on general sound design along the way. He makes heavy use of Digital Juice products and software, but again, these tips work with any tools and assets you have. You’ll learn:

• how to combine synthesized and practical clips together for new sounds with unique personalities
• combining whooshes and impacts
• how to align the peak of a whoosh with the animation
• how to make sure your sounds don’t bump into each other
• and a lot more

I found it particularly fascinating to hear what Jeff had to say about each sound while he was auditioning them. All in all, nice to see a tutorial on sound design for a change, especially since sound is such a vital aspect of motion graphics design. And many of us could probably do with a little guidance in the area.

Watch the tutorial here.

Have you seen any tutorials like this one? Share with us and post them in the comments!

— John Stanowski

- John Stanowski

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 2 of 7) – Dave Helmly

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 3 of 7) – Dave Helmly

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 4 of 7) – Dave Helmly

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 5 of 7) – Dave Helmly

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 6 of 7) – Dave Helmly

Adobe Premiere Pro 3D Stereoscopic Realtime Editing (Part 7 of 7) – Dave Helmly

There is a known bug when exporting from Premiere Pro or After Effects involving modified bitrate values. If you modify the bitrate value of an encoding preset, the default bitrate for that preset will replace the custom bitrate you specified.

As a workaround, you can:

Manually change the bit rate of the video file you are exporting to the desired value once the file is in the Adobe Media Encoder encoding queue…

-or-

Add your video to the list of files to encode from Adobe Media Encoder itself. You can drag a file into the list, or click the Add button and select a file on your computer.

Note: To add Adobe Premiere Pro sequences or Adobe After Effects compositions to the list of files to encode, you must use the File > Add Adobe Premiere Pro sequences or File > Add Adobe After Effects Compositions menu commands. These file types cannot be dragged into the list of files to encode.

For more information see, Workflow for exporting files in the Adobe Premiere Pro help.

Personally, I’ve been having a problem exporting from Premiere Pro through the Adobe Media Encoder, period! It starts in the Media Encoder, then fails. As a workaround, I’ve had to use dynamic link and send it to After Effects, then go through and fix any transitions and titles I may have used. I still love to edit in PPRO, but I hope this issue is fixed asap. Anyone out there have a better solution for me? Thanks in advance.

I’m sure most of you are starting to feel the economic crunch, so we’ve put together a section for plug-ins that are $99 and under. These are useful plug-ins by well known plug-in developers like Red Giant, Trapcode, Digieffects, Noise Industries, Nattress and others.

Plug-ins for $99 and under

If you’d like to take the plug-in for a test drive before you buy it, most of the plug-ins are available for download on our demos/trial page: http://www.toolfarm.com/demo/demo.php

Trapcode Suite 2008.5
Regular price: $799.00
One Day Sale Price: $399.50

Trapcode Suite 2008.5 includes:

• Trapcode Shine
• Trapcode 3D Stroke
• Trapcode Starglow
• Trapcode Particular
• Trapcode Lux
• Trapdcode Echospace
• Trapcode Soundkeys
• Trapcode Form
• Trapcode Horizon

When you order Trapcode Suite 2008, you will receive a serial number that will work with multiple hosts, including Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion, Premiere Pro and Avid**.

In addition to the Red Giant and Trapcode Bundles, we’re offering Complete training for Trapcode Particular from Class on Demand. (DVD | Download).

Although not included in the sale, here are some great items to extend the Trapcode Suite. Trapcode Form Training with Harry J. Frank is a MUST HAVE, as well as TONS of Trapcode Presets from LME that are highly affordable and completely reverse engineerable (I coined a new word!)

Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 2008
Regular price: $799.00
One Day Sale Price: $399.50

Red Giant Magic Bullet Suite 2008

• Magic Bullet Looks
• Magic Bullet Frames
• Magic Bullet Colorista
• Magic Bullet Instant HD
• Magic Bullet Steady 1.0

When you order Magic Bullet Suite, you will receive a serial number that will work with multiple hosts, including Adobe After Effects, Apple Final Cut Pro, Premiere Pro and Avid*.

*Due to technical barriers, Steady and Frames do not support Avid.

In addition to the Red Giant and Trapcode Bundles, we’re offering Complete training for Trapcode Particular from Class on Demand.
(DVD | Download) Learn more about the sale here.

Monday, November 17, 2008 Only – 12am PST – 11:59pm PST

Red Giant Pro Keying Suite
Regular price: $799.00
One Day Sale Price: $399.50

Red Giant Pro Keying Suite

Primatte Keyer serial number will work in Adobe After Effects, Final Cut Pro, Apple Motion 3, and Avid Xpress Pro. Key Correct Pro is After Effects only.

• Red Giant Primatte Keyer
• Red Giant Software Key Correct Pro

In addition to the Red Giant and Trapcode Bundles, we’re offering Complete training for Trapcode Particular from Class on Demand, presented by Harry J. Frank. (DVD | Download) Learn more about the sale here.